Friday, August 13, 2010

Laura (LauraInSpain) won the "Landscapes" challenge which ended July 31, and she's picked a fabulous new challenge for us: "Plate, Dish or Saucer".

I am especially looking forward to this, because I've had an unfinished dish sitting in my basement studio for FAR too long.

The challenge starts today, August 13, and ends October 31, 2010. Pieces that are in process right now may be finished and entered, but previously completed pieces should not be used. Check out more details here.

Voting has started, and you may do so through the end of the day June 7. You are welcome to vote for up to three of your favorites. When voting, please send me a FlickrMail with the number of the piece (1 through 35 this time), and it's also helpful to receive either the artist's name or the name of the piece - that way I'm sure to give the right piece the vote. Favorites will be announced June 8.

And here is Wikipedia's conversation about it.
If you read down a ways in the Wikipedia article, you'll see a discussion of how the mandala is used in different religions. It was interesting to see that it's present in religions aside from just Buddhism and Hinduism.

I also found a nice, simple description of a mandala: "The Mandala acts as a support for anyone in meditation. The Mandala itself is often illustrated as a palace with four gates, facing the four corners of the Earth. It is a symbol that represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the structure of life itself."

Friday, January 22, 2010

The "Winter" Challenge ends Sunday, January 31 - just over a week from now. Read about it here.

Two other challenges have been picked as well. They are:

"Childhood Memory" ending February 28

and

"Create Your Own 3D Substrate" ending March 31.

You can find links to the challenge details and photos at the "Current Challenges" discussion. In fact, this link is a great one to "favorite" and check in on often. I always keep it updated with the latest challenges.

As always, please drop me a line if you have any questions, or add your questions to one of the discussion areas on Flickr.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Now that all of the challenges that ended in 2009 are completed, it's time to vote for our number one favorite of all the 2009 favorites!

Just like in the other challenges, you may vote for up to three of your favorites. The top three favorites will be announced, and the number one favorite will receive a $100 gift certificate from Tammy at Glass Tile of Oklahoma.

Thank you to Tish for coming up with the "Missed Deadline / Second Chance" challenge. It was a great idea, and we had nine entries. We'll do this again at the end of 2010. People will be able to enter pieces they didn't get done in time for the challenges that end this coming year.

Tammy from Glass Tile of Oklahoma, will once again be providing gift certificates to the top three favorites: $25, $15 and $10.

Friday, January 1, 2010

This challenge - thought up by Tish (Artish) - was for everyone who didn't get their piece(s) done quite in time for a challenge deadline, or for anyone who would simply like a shot at doing one of the challenges.

Just like all other voting:

1) you may vote for up to three of your favorite pieces.

2) Go here to see better detail and send me a FlickrMail (or regular mail at millimomo@gmail.com) with the numbers and artists' names of the three pieces.

3) You may vote through the end of the day January 7.

4) Favorites will be announced soon after, and the top three will receive gift certificates from Tammy at Glass Tile of Oklahoma. www.okglasstile.com

Please feel free to ask questions in this thread or email me privately.

It's time to vote for your three favorite Tempered Glass entries. We had 19 all together, which really impresses me. This is such a busy time of year, and a bunch of you still managed to get pieces completed.

The definition of this challenge was this: "Tempered Glass 2D, 3D (any D ). If a person can not find or has any TG then Clear or transparent glass could be substituted."